Overview

More than just a clamp rack, this is a full-service mobile work station and storage solution! Load both sides to the hilt with clamps, and use the interior space to store everything from air compressors to dust collectors. Four included hooks make it simple to install a shop-made storage shelf, while four high-quality polyurethane casters let you roll the entire rig anywhere in the shop. The heavy-duty 5/8" diameter steel rods are strong enough to hold a full row of clamps and simultaneously support a shelf filled with tools. The steel rods can be repositioned in 13 mounting holes. Solid steel construction for maximum strength and stability. Uses carriage bolts for one-wrench assembly.

We're excited about the new Pack Rack's® space-saving and shop-organization potential, and we can't wait to hear what you think!

BEST ANSWER:If you hang it with the movable jaw up, and slide the jaw down, the rest of the pipe will stick up above the rack and you can easily store eight feet if you have that much head room in your shop. You should be able to store longer than that as long as the length of pipe sticking up doesn't over balance the rest of the clamp and you don't hit the ceiling.

BEST ANSWER:If you hang it with the movable jaw up, and slide the jaw down, the rest of the pipe will stick up above the rack and you can easily store eight feet if you have that much head room in your shop. You should be able to store longer than that as long as the length of pipe sticking up doesn't over balance the rest of the clamp and you don't hit the ceiling.

Reviews

First of all, if you put this together correctly, it is a pretty good, solid item. The directions are not completely clear on the initial assembly, and I as I learned, it is possible to get one bolt in each corner with the thing assembled completely wrong.

I did have one part #4 with the holes wrong. Had I just assembled it with the holes as is, the lip to hold the bottom shelf would have been OUTSIDE the frame instead of inside of it. I probably should have contacted Rockler to replace this one part, but I I just drilled holes where needed to be able to assemble it correctly.

I'm planning to use it to support the Dust Right motor and collection bag with the attachments. I have no reason to believe it won't work well for this purpose.

I used to have clamps hanging from walls where I'd have to move tools on casters out of the way to access them. I saw some interesting mobile clamp rack photos in some articles and started pricing components. I quickly became clear the Pack Rack was less expensive than the sum of the individual components and I placed my order. It arrived as promised and is now loaded up with every clamp I own. It is easy to move out of the way and easy to move to an assembly station when I need ready access to the clamps it holds. This has been a very worthwhile investment, both in terms of saved money and, more important, saved time.

I considered designing and building my own rolling clamp rack; but, also came to the conclusion that, from a cost perspective, it made more sense to purchase the Pack Rack from Rockler. My Pack Rack arrived promptly and took just a couple hours to assemble and adjust — the instructions were clear and in logical order. Expect to spend a bit of time during the "squaring up" process; but, once the final bolt is tightened you will have an extremely solid clamp rack mounted on smoothly rolling casters with securely locking brakes. I have my rack fully loaded with Pony clamps (3/4" pipe, 50-inchs long) and I've been very impressed with how easily it rolls with that heavy load and how well the caster brakes hold it in position when engaged. I would recommend ordering an extra set or two of the shelf supports to create even more storage capacity in the interior space. This is a well made, very solid, shop accessory — you won't be disappointed!

Without repeating all the other positive reviews here, I'll just say that the rack is much more solid than expected. Had it been less well designed, it might have been a rickety mess, but Rockler obviously put a lot of thought into it. Regarding assembly, I could have spent a lot of time trying to get my angles just so, but I just eyeballed it and it came out great. It won't fall down no matter how far off it is, so just get to where it looks good to you. The only missing feature is a way to store extra pipes that don't have clamp heads. Mine are too long just to put on one of the shelves. I designed a welded steel trough that I'll bolt along the bottom of one of the angled sides, and then maybe secure the top of the pipes with a bungee cord per an earlier review.

I had reservations when purchasing this pack rack. It allows you the oppurtunity to install and make arrangements as deemed. I find quite mobile I moving it around in the shop a d storage areas. My overall rating is a five.

I had a problem and figured out that the "R" legs were mislabeled and were really two more "L" legs. I called Rockler and they shipped me the correct replacement "R" legs the same day. I had no problems after that. The rack is really very sturdy and an excellent "5 star" addition to my shop.

At last all my clamps are in one place. As others reported, didn't realize I had this many clamps.No more searching for hours for the one clamp needed to do a 30 second job. My assembly table stays clear for actual assembly rather than a place to park clamps & glue to be handy for the project. Very sturdy construction, much better than I could shop build for the same price. No problem assembling the rack; but follow the directions.

Outstanding. In over 35+ years of woodworking I've looked for good clamp storage solutions, built a few, used garage & basement spaces creatively, but never had a solution that so well fulfilled my needs as the Pack Rack. I bought the basic system and 2 sets of longer clamp rods, 2 extra shorter clamp rod sets, 1 extra shelf support hardware system (giving a bottom and 2 mid-level shelves), and the top tray. As noted variously by others: ONE This is the first time I've had all of my clamps in one place at one time (34 bar clamps 2' - 4' long, 12 pipe clamps 2'-4' long, 14 vice-grip clamps from 6" - 36" long, 20 spring clamps 2" to 8", 16 woodscrew clamps from 4" to 12" (and one 16"... why one and why 16"? don't know), 6 web clamps, 24 6" c-clamps, 12 miscellaneous sized c-clamps, 4 corner clamps, 4 corner clamp squares, a 4' 2-sided clamp and a few other miscellaneous clamps; TWO Its nice to easily pull the clamps to the work than the other way around; and THREE I've reclaimed about 12' of very important wall space that was not mobile. I too am looking at buying another rack system to store several other tools and long items (e.g., straight edges, t-squares, 3' to 4' drill bits and drill bit extensions, wall fish-rod sections, router & saw fences & mitre guages, etc., etc.). It takes an outstanding tool like this, a Shopsmith, a top-notch router table, or something equally remarkable for me to stop using it long enough to write about it.

The Pack Rack was just as advertised. A well built strong system for storing clamps and other items. Follow the assembly instructions exactly and you will have no trouble putting it together in an hour or so. I filled it up in no time. I bought 2 extra sets of shelf hooks and have cleaned out 2 drawers full of hand clamps and other unrelated items. I can wheel it anywhere in the shop and work off it conveniently. I bought extra rods but so far haven't needed them but I'm sure I will figure out something to hang on them. Thanks Rockler for another fine product.

I have struggled for over 30 years to store all my woodworking clamps carefully and neatly. I bought the Rockler stand and put it together last Christmas. I have enjoyed it every since. It allows me to access the type of clamp quickly....and allows me to quickly clean up the shop and return the clamps to their proper storage location. Great product!

This is a very good product all that it was cracked up to be. Easy to put together if you follow the directions. Rolls very well on my concrete floor. Found that I had alot more clamps than I thought after I dug them out of all the places they were hidden filled the whole rack.

This is a great invention. I have thought about building a clamp rack for a long time, but it is much easier to buy one from Rockler and assemble it without all the bother of designing and drilling one yourself. Aside from putting a few bolts in the wrong holes, assembly is a snap. The only problemm I had was that one of the top crosspieces was made backwards, so it would not fit properly. I called Rockler and was lucky enough to speak to Casey. She promised that they would send out a new part promptly and they did. I received it about three or four days later. No complaints from me. Great product & great service.

The rack is exactly as it appears and is of top quality. It is sturdy and moves around the cement floor in my shop easily. I really like having all of my clamps and related gluing products in one place and being able to move them to the place where the work is being done. Highly recommended.

I have been going to build my own traveling clamp rack, but have too many projects that need to be done to stop and do it. Meanwhile the clamps were stuck here and there around the shop. This rack went together as the instructions said to do it in an hour or so. It is sturdy and well built with great wheels and rolls nicely around the shop with clamps.

It is an excellent means of organizing clamps. I added the top and four shelves to hold a variety of of sanding and clamp/finishing items. I have made one modification to the top of my rack which better enables hanging 50" screw clamps on the rack.

I received my Pack Rack promptly from Rockler. The package was very heavy! I was able to follow the clear directions in the package and assembled the rack in a fairly short amount of time. One word of caution: Make sure you put the bolts and nuts for the initial part of the assembly in the correct hole shown. They are close together at the corners and you will have trouble tightening them if you attach them in the wrong order. I know I did it wrong the first time! Also, resist the urge to start hanging clamps on the rack before you have all the bolts and nuts in place. With only one bolt at each connection point the rack won't hold the clamps and the rack will go askew. Guess how I know! I only had one other issue that was resolved promptly by Rockler. One of the locking caster pedals had broken off in shipment. I called Rocker and they apologized and said they would send a replacement. I appreciated the no hassle problem solving. Believe the other positive ratings of this rack. It is a great addition to my shop.

This is an excellent product, I am very surprised about how many clamps this rack could hold, also you can move it so easy. I love my Pack Rack very much and I am thinking about purchasing another one. I highly recommend this product to any serious woodworker. This is simply the best. I give this 5++++ stars.

Hands down the best thing I have purchased for my shop. I work out of a garage and storage is a problem. Also, I move around in the garage and need my tools to move with me. Very heavy duty and well made. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

It was easy to assemble (after reading directions). I did not know I had so many clamps until I started loading the rack. I still have more clamps that it will hold, and it holds a lot. It rolls easily across my garage, and I am looking forward to putting it to full use. I may have to buy a second rack for the rest of my clamps. You may want to purchase extra clamp rods; I bought two extra, and I should have gotten four. It is an excellent product.

I am a classic do it your self guy. First time I laid eyes on this I knew I needed one and thought, now I can make that.I priced out all the parts from local home improvement and quickly decided to order the real thing. It was so easy to put together, nice paint finish and well thought out arrangement. I bought the long clamp rods and found out that some of my clamps were too long to mount the normal way. No problem I just turned them upside down, clamped them to the lowest rod, installed a small bungee to secure the clamp rod at the top and all is well. Feels good to reach for a clamp and be able to find the one I need. I have been thinking of buying another and put shelves on every clamp rod just to have all my small items close at hand.

Light weight for how rugged it is. Extremely useful and convinent for a small shop with limited floor space. It fits under my stairs to be out of the way yet easily moved to let me into other storage of tools not used as often.

When I first saw the pack rack system, I immediately recognized the possibility of using it as the platform for building a mobile storage system for my lathe tools and miter gauges. The rack pack is very sturdy and stable. Building the upper and lower lathe racks out of maple was fairly straightforward, using the cross rods as the anchor points. The individual miter gauge holders are also attached to the cross rods and made from 1.5" aluminum angle that I picked up at the local DIY store. The melamine shelves also come from the DIY store, along with so .25" x 1" aluminum stock to make the upper shelf cross brace.

Even though clamp storage is a typical magazine DIY project, due to the great amount of weight that can be involved, going with a beefy metal rack is the way to go. Made out of wood, it would be visually very massive. Fully loaded, this slim-lined cart is still easily moved about, and can be easily customized.My only complaint stems from the razor-sharp edges on some of the pieces. If you didn't notice this right away, one could easily incur a nasty cut.

Very solid design and the casters are great! Really helped me in organizing all my clamps. I added the top box and bottom shelf and will add a middle shelf. You MUST follow the order in the assembly, but even doing that, if you don't tighten the first bolts all the way before you insert the next set, you can't tighten them. Moving those holes 1/8 of an inch would solve this.

One of the best pieces of shop equipment I have purchased in a while. I no longer have clamps leaning in every corner of my shop, nor do I have to look around for the correct clamp. I put a shelf on the bottom and top which hold quite a bit of other stuff. Will add another shelf in the middle soon. The casters are great!

What can I say? I was always going to build a clamp rack some day. Well that day never came and so I was very pleased when Rockler released this new product. And when I assembled the rack I too should have looked at the instructions closer. The lower and upper front/back stretchers are definitely different. It is critical that the bolt installation instructions be followed exactly. Great wheels. Clarification should be made on shelf creation using the supplied shelf brackets.

I am always weary of bolt-together products and their stability. This is a very sturdy product. I like the mobility it provides for a modular-style shop so that you can modify your set-up without being restricted by a wall mounted unit. I also opted to not purchase the top option, but rather mounted an inexpensive tool box and keep dowels, biscuits, and other joining hardware there. Be sure to pony up for the additional shelf rods to really maximize it's usefulness. I extended the shelves I made out about 4" on either side and routered slots in those shelves to accept the smaller bar clamps rather than take up space on the face of the unit.

The value of this tool is the ability to customize it to suit your individual needs. After months of tripping over clamps and cluttering up my work space with misplaced tools, I decided to build a mobile cart that would hold what I needed and help me be more organized. I bought everything I thought I would need and then got on the internet to finalize my design and found the "Pack Rack", so I ordered it instead, along with the long clamp rods, an extra set of shelf hangers and the top cap.I made two shelves spaced for my needs beteen the base shelf and the top cap shelf. On these inner shelves I attached open drawers mounted to full extension drawer slides that pull open to one side. On the top half of the opposite side I attached two cut-to-fit segments of GearTrack channel using 5/16" bolts secured with fender washers and nylon nuts. On the back of the rack I u-bolted a 36" segement of GearTrack channel level with my top inner shelf. Then I U-bolted a 2 foot wide section of pegboard that extends to the base shelf. By attaching the right accessories and hooks to the channels and pegboard I can store anything from my clamps to my pencils.Everything I need is at hand when I need it and is put promptly back in it place when I'm finished.No more tripping over clamps. No more wasted time searching for the tape measure or some other small tool. And when I tuck the whole thing in the corner for the night, I say to myself, "Man, this is great!"

Build your own clamp storage rack; I never seemed to get the time to actually do it. Buying the Pack Rack was an answer to scattered clamps around the shop. The rack went together very well and is certainly up to the challenge of storing clamps regardless of what they weigh. I ordered some additional pieces in order to customize the basic stand and was completely satisfied with the results. My stand is loaded with heavy bar clamps, pipe clamps and everything else in between. The stand is very sturdy, extremely portable and has allowed me to organize and be able to find the right clamp for the job.

When I first completed my dedicated shop space (a single car space walled off from a 3-car [2 in tandem] garage with AC added), I thought I had great idea. I had added a large pegboard area and dedicated a part of it for clamps using long hooks. Until some heavy clamps threataened to rip down the pegboard.Enter the Rockler Pack Rat. It solved the problem beautifully, without further adding to the crowded conditions in my all-mobile-equipment shop, and helping avoid tool clutter. As is my custom, I had carefully researched the competition and the possibility/probability of building a fixed rack. I am not in the least dissapointed with the purchase. In about 2 hours after delivery, I had assembled the rack and gathered up all of my wide selection of clamps even including some mini-clamps from an old period of wooden model ship-building before woodworking returned to its prime position in the retirement era. An excellent product.

I have been adding large clamps to my shop and running out of storage for them. This storage unit holds a lot of clamps and is very sturdy even with all the weight of the clamps that are hung on it. Excellent product.

Just received my Pack Rack clamp & tool storage. The assembly was fairly simple as long as you do it according to the directions. It definately solved my problem of have lots of different types of clamps and no good place to keep them. The rollers are great and it is so nice to be able to roll it to where you need it and not having to look all over for the right clamp. It holds a lot of tools and it very solid. I would highly recommend this rack to anyone with a wood shop who needs a little organization.

Excellent material construction and the assembled product is outstanding. The top rack is definitely an option worth purchasing. The only real complaint I had was it was a chore getting everything squared up during assembly. Once I got past that hurdle, it was smooth sailing. I was able to load the rack down with everything I originally intended to put on the rack and them some. It rolls to the project so everything it right where you need it. It rolls out of the way when not in use. Great product!

Very well constructed and easy to put together. The casters are high quality - a plus since I have this rack completely loaded. It is a little awkward to get the angles lined up while you tighten the nuts, but the judicious use of a few clamps and the problem was solved. I also ordered the top tray and now I can find all of my glues and other clamping supplies. My only issue is that I wish I had purchased this rack years ago!

I use this rack for my firewood...it holds plenty for the weekend. And I have my old 32" TV on it so I can watch sports while in the spa! It went together easily enough. The first carriage bolts must be placed as directed, I missed one and it was a bear to tighten, I also fired up my mig-welder and tacked it 16 places so it would stay true moving it around over uneven concrete back and forth. For a clamp rack it would be great if you had the room. This rack is well built with well chosen parts.

This product went together easily followed instructions and without any issues. I added additional 3 shelves and built my own top. Very sturdy and the casters were of very high quality.I ordered extra bars for the extra shelves I built. You cannot build one cheaper than what they sell for the same quality of materials!!

A very handy item, especially if you have accumulated lot of clamps! The high quality wheels are fantastic! Easy to assemble and a real space saver. Sorry I waited so long to purchase it. Highly recommend with an A+!

The rack is sturdy and can take a heavy load. It's balanced and rolls well. I assembled it easily with a socket set in about an hour. Be sure to use the revised instructions and follow the bolt order as you will otherwise not be able to get a socket on the nuts of some of the bolts. Looks like I am going to enjoy this for a long time. I am considering gettting a second one to hold my compressor and nail guns, etc.

Well built rack. I've had my clamps on the walls of my shop over the years and it was a pain to always go to the wall to get them. I added a few of the extensions to the rack and it does a super job holding all my clamps. It rolls smoothly around the shop and all clamps are right where I need them. Highly recommended.

This rack is great! Do not have a lot of room in the shop so it makes it easy to move equipment as needed. Mounted the Wall mount vac from Rockler on one side and all of my clamps on the other. Well worth the time and money.

A++++ This clamp rack really helped to clean up my garage shop. It holds a ton of my pipe clamps, F-clamps, C-clamps, Pony clamps and pinch clamps. Well built and easy to assemble. Don't wait a year or so to make this investment if you want to clean up clamp clutter!

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I have been using Rockler for years, your products are always the best that can be purchased and your prices are very reasonable. Ann you have always done your best to make me feel as though I was your very best customer. Thank you for great service."

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What People are Saying:

I have been using Rockler for years, your products are always the best that can be purchased and your prices are very reasonable. Ann you have always done your best to make me feel as though I was your very best customer. Thank you for great service."